Hans cabinet
# Hans cabinet

The Hans cabinet was the state government of Saarland between 2018 and 2022, sworn in on 1 March 2018 after Tobias Hans was elected as Minister-President of Saarland by the members of the Landtag of Saarland. It was the 28th Cabinet of Saarland.

It was formed after the resignation of Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, and was a continuation of the grand coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) formed after the 2017 Saarland state election. Excluding the Minister-President, the cabinet comprised six ministers. Three were members of the CDU and three were members of the SPD.

The Hans cabinet was succeeded by the Rehlinger cabinet on 25 April 2022.

## Formation

The previous cabinet was a grand coalition government of the CDU and SPD led by Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer of the CDU. She announced her switch to federal politics after being nominated as general-secretary of the federal CDU in February 2018. The same day, CDU parliamentary leader Tobias Hans was nominated as her successor. Kramp-Karrenbauer formally resigned as Minister-President two days later.

Hans was elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 1 March, winning 40 votes out of 51 cast.

## Composition

| Portfolio | Minister | Party | Took office | Left office | State secretaries |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Minister-President State Chancellery | Tobias Hans born (1978-02-01) 1 February 1978 (age 45) | CDU | 1 March 2018 | 24 April 2022 | Henrik Eitel (Head of the State Chancellery, Representative to the Federal Government) |
| Deputy Minister-PresidentMinister for Economics, Labour, Energy and Transport | Anke Rehlinger born (1976-04-06) 6 April 1976 (age 47) | SPD | 1 March 2018 | 24 April 2022 | Jürgen Barke |
| Minister for Finance and Europe Minister for Justice | Peter Strobel born (1970-08-28) 28 August 1970 (age 52) | CDU | 1 March 2018 | 24 April 2022 | Anja Wagner-Scheid (Finance) Roland Theis (Justice and Europe, Representative for European Affairs) |
| Minister for Interior, Construction and Sport | Klaus Bouillon born (1947-11-19) 19 November 1947 (age 75) | CDU | 1 March 2018 | 24 April 2022 | Christian Seel |
| Minister for Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family | Monika Bachmann born (1950-02-24) 24 February 1950 (age 73) | CDU | 1 March 2018 | 24 April 2022 | Stephan Kolling |
| Minister for Education and Culture | Ulrich Commerçon born (1968-04-28) 28 April 1968 (age 55) | SPD | 1 March 2018 | 18 September 2019 | Christine Streichert-Clivot |
| Minister for Education and Culture | Christine Streichert-Clivot born (1980-04-28) 28 April 1980 (age 43) | SPD | 18 September 2019 | 24 April 2022 | Jan Benedyczuk |
| Minister for Environment and Consumer Protection | Reinhold Jost born (1966-06-04) 4 June 1966 (age 57) | SPD | 1 March 2018 | 24 April 2022 | Sebastian Thul |
